Yusuke Yamatani
Into the Light #030, 2017
Archival pigment print on acrylic board, presented in lightbox
51 x 51 x 6.5 cm
Edition of 3
Signed by the artist in pencil on verso
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Originally popularised in the notorious pictures of Kohei Yoshiyuki and Ikko Kagari, who use infrared lens to capture clandestine erotic encounters taking place in dark parks and packed commuter trains, Yamatani’s photography re-appropriates this technology to capture the tense and intimate solitude of silent houses.In 2015, when Yamatani became a father for the first time, his photography recorded the commencement of this new phase of his life less literally. Into the Light (2017) was inspired by lonely walks around his neighbourhood in the middle of the night, having been woken by the baby. A dawning domestic sensibility made Yamatani curious about the lives of others taking place in the dark homes around him, and he began to experiment with infrared photography and its penetrative connotations.